Households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line (refl in Italy
Italy: Households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line (refl was 4.3% in 2020. ▲ Rising
Households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line (refl in Italy, 2004–2020
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
The most recent figure for households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line (refl in Italy is 4.3%, measured in 2020.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.6% on the previous year and up 75.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line (refl in Italy peaked at 4.3% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 2.0%, in 2006.
Italy ranks 8th of 26 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2.3% | 6 |
| 2010s | 3.5% | 2.4% | 4.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.3% | 4.3% | 4.3% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Italy
More poverty & inequality data for Italy
- Data deprivation poverty surveys per decade 8 (2025)
- Fertility rate vs the share living in extreme poverty 1.2 (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty 5,059 (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality 41.99 (2023)
- Gender inequality index from the human development report 0.043 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in gdp vs share in extreme poverty 15.75 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality in females 0.0692 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality by sex 0.0692 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality in males 0.0819 (2023)
- Income inequality atkinson index undp 0.2085 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line (refl in Italy?
- Households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line (refl in Italy was 4.3% in 2020, according to World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
- What is the highest households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line (refl recorded in Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 4.3% in 2017.
- What is the lowest households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line (refl recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.0% in 2006.
- How does Italy rank for households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line (refl?
- Italy ranks 8th out of 26 countries with data for 2020.
- Is households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line (refl rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is up 75.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Italy data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory, published as part of Households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line (reflecting basic needs: food, housing, utilities - developed by WHO/Europe) by out-of-pocket payments (%, national). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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